2021: Time to make change happen
Now is the time to make change happen.
This year IIED and partners will deliver excellent research:
- To show how conserving biodiversity protects livelihoods as well as nature
- To make the case for a fair high seas treaty that benefits everyone while protecting marine life, and
- To get money where it matters so poorer communities can access funds and adapt to climate change — because these communities know what works.
Uncertainty will continue. But, together, we can shape the future, and create a more resilient world where both people and nature can thrive.
Watch the video.
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Make Change Happen podcast episode 9
No time to lose – collective action for our common future
In the first episode of 2021, we learn that early action, youth participation and collaborative policymaking are pivotal to making change happen and a better future for us all.
Hosted by Liz Carlile, this episode’s conversation features IIED director Andrew Norton; Ineza Umehoza Grace, founder and chief executive officer of the Rwandan organisation The Green Fighter; and Dr Tara Shine, chair of the board of trustees at IIED and director of Change by Degrees.
Listen to the podcast now.
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"The global pandemic is a reminder that our Earth is connected and that global crises are connected."
– Ineza Umehoza Grace
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Event
Producer agency in certification schemes: challenges and opportunities
Join an online event on 20 January 2021 to share and debate experiences around some of the challenges and impacts of a lack of small-scale producer voice in certification schemes, and some ways to more meaningfully promote such voice and agency in standards setting worldwide.
Find out more and register now.
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Interview
Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
Olivia Wilson-Holt hears from three participants in a recent series of online learning sessions on wildlife conservation in East Africa about why engaging with communities is critical to combating illegal wildlife trade.
Read the interview.
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Guest blog by Anna Sands
Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia
Do international investment treaties put a 'chill' on environmental policy? To answer this question, we need to see the state as a complex web of actors, not a unitary whole.
Read the guest blog.
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Blog by Kevin Johnstone
Where’s the capital for homegrown companies? Why energy access investments in Kenya need to go local
The importance of local investments in energy access in Kenya is the focus of this recent blog from IIED's Kevin Johnstone.
Read the blog.
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Guest blog by Smriti Singh and Sukrit Nagpal
Bridging the gap: how women-led federations are strengthening communities in Patna's informal settlements
Following devastation from COVID-19 and monsoon rains, women collectives have been instrumental in securing crucial infrastructure provisions and service delivery.
Read the guest blog.
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Research report, 58 pages
Socio-legal empowerment and agency of small-scale farmers in informal markets
Recent decades have seen increasing recognition of the role played by informal agricultural markets in sustaining rural livelihoods, and corresponding public policy aimed at strengthening and supporting these markets. Even so, there remains policy bias towards formal markets, with empowerment efforts and research typically focused on formal organised value chains and institutions. As a result, little is understood about how to address imbalances in informal trading relations between smallholders and downstream value chain players, as well as how external actors can best support processes that will enhance producer agency.
Download the research report.
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Country report, 58 pages
Trade-offs in sustainable intensification: Malawi country report
Smallholder farmers in Malawi face a constant challenge: to choose between many, often competing objectives while also meeting expectations to intensify their farming practices sustainably and produce ‘more with less’. Farmers manage this situation by making trade-offs. This report presents findings from the SITAM project, which explored how farmers in Malawi manage these trade-offs. It draws conclusions and recommendations for what government can do to support more sustainable choices at farm level in Malawi.
Download the country report.
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Briefing, 6 pages
Acquiring housing – understanding outcomes, improving choices and “leaving no one behind”
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the centrality of the home as a site of social reproduction. Housing precarity and discrimination remain rife across the global South, with woefully inadequate basic services and undersupply of affordable housing. To address these challenges, government policies and citizen initiatives need to carefully consider issues of inclusion, participation, security and quality.
Download the briefing.
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We're hiring
Senior researcher - climate finance
We are looking for a senior researcher to join us in London or Edinburgh to lead the climate finance work of our Climate Governance and Finance Team. This is a strategic leadership role in which you will be able to design and manage an ambitious programme of policy research and influencing work on equitable climate finance.
Find out more and apply by 17 January 2021.
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